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  New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon

  July 21, 2008 — The same researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon. When NASA returns to the moon -- the space agency has set a target date of 2020 ... > full story
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  Evidence Of Water Found Deep Within The Moon: Dampens Moon-Formation Theory

  July 9, 2008 — A Brown-led research team has for the first time found evidence of water deep within the moon. Researchers believe the water was contained in lunar magmas ejected more than 3 billion years ago. The ... > full story
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  MESSENGER Settles Old Debates And Makes New Discoveries At Mercury

  July 3, 2008 — Scientists have argued about the origins of Mercury's smooth plains and the source of its magnetic field for more than 30 years. Now, analyses of data from the January 2008 flyby of the planet by the ... > full story
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  Moon-Bound NASA Spacecraft Passes Major Preflight Tests

  June 24, 2008 — Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the ... > full story
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  NASA Tests Lunar Robots And Spacesuits On Earthen Moonscape

  June 14, 2008 — Conditions on the moon will be harsher, but prototype NASA robotic vehicles braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings this month on sand dunes near Moses Lake, Wash., to prepare for ... > full story
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  Giant Telescope Mirrors For The Moon Could Be Made With Carbon, Epoxy And Lunar Dust

  June 4, 2008 — Scientists working at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center have concocted an innovative recipe for giant telescope mirrors on the Moon. To make a mirror that dwarfs anything on Earth, just take a ... > full story
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  Wandering Poles Left Scars On Jupiter's Moon Europa: Could Life Exist Beneath Icy Crust?

  May 14, 2008 — Curved features on Jupiter's moon Europa may indicate that its poles have wandered by almost 90 degrees, report scientists. Such an extreme shift suggests the existence of an internal liquid ocean ... > full story
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  Astronaut Health On Moon May Depend On Good Dusting

  May 13, 2008 — To prepare for a return to the moon, researchers are evaluating how dust deposits in the lungs in reduced gravity in order to assess the health risk of long-term exposure to lunar particles. The ... > full story
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  Exhaling For Exploration: Scientists Test Lunar Breathing System

  May 8, 2008 — Imagine yourself hip-to-hip, shoulder-to-shoulder, inside a room the size of a walk-in closet for eight hours with five people you just met. Does that make you sweat? Or maybe make your breathing a ... > full story
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  Moon Gets A Lashing From Earth's Magnetotail

  April 20, 2008 — Behold the full moon. Ancient craters and frozen lava seas lie motionless under an airless sky of profound quiet. It's a serene, slow-motion world where even a human footprint may last millions of ... > full story

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